Joyful cultural activities and festivals in early spring

After the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, the spring festive space in the province has continued being vibrant, with many joyful and meaningful cultural, artistic and spring travel activities. These activities have attracted a large number of residents and tourists.

Environmentally friendly festival

The festive atmosphere in the early days of spring is bustling everywhere. This year's Thien Hau Lady temple festival in January in Thu Dau Mot city officially kicked off after the New Year's Eve of the 2024 Lunar New Year. According to Mrs. Nguyen Thu Cuc, Chairwoman of the city’s People's Committee, Head of the Steering Board of the Thien Hau Lady temple festival 2024, this festival has long become a major festival of the province. With the meaning of "civilization - compassion - gratitude", the Steering Board has focused on directing relevant sectors, units and localities to join hands in successfully organizing this year's festival, creating good impression in the hearts of tourists when coming to Thu land- Binh Duong, especially joining hands to successfully implement the "city without waste" plan launched by the city over the past time.

The Thien Hau Lady procession at Thien Hau Lady temple in Thu Dau Mot city’s Hoa Phu ward attracts a large number of people and tourists

Tran Vinh An, Permanent Deputy Head of the Management Board of Thien Hau Lady Temple in Thu Dau Mot city said that right before Tet, the Management Board of Thien Hau Lady Temple has implemented plans on environmental protection, fire prevention and fighting, security and order within the precinct of the temple. This year's festival coincides with the weekend, so it is expected to attract a large number of visitors. Therefore, security and order are given top priority to ensure absolute safety for residents and tourists. The Management Board of Thien Hau Lady Temple has been coordinating with local authorities and related forces to implement an environmentally friendly festive program. This is also a new feature of this year's festive season.

“The Management Board of Thien Hau Lady Temple has regularly issued propaganda notices, urging pilgrims to put their trash in the right place and not to litter indiscriminately. In addition, the Management Board established a self-management group inside the precinct of the temple as well as its main hall to be on duty and remind people to comply with regulations. For the procession groups, the Management Board also worked with leaders of these groups to thoroughly grasp the spirit of participating in the procession. Each group must be responsible to the Organization Board and the Management Board for the issue of waste...", Mr. An said.

Joyful spring

After a full and exciting Tet holiday, everyone has returned to their daily work full of new energy. In localities, the spring atmosphere is still continuing with joyful and bustling activities to serve the spring travel needs of people and tourists coming to Binh Duong. Many check-in points and beautiful miniature landscapes are still retained for people to take photos and save memories with families and friends, especially those who have just returned to Binh Duong to work after the Tet holiday in their hometown.

People with disabilities are provided with a separate lottery ticket sales area within the festive space

Bach Dang Walking Street in Thu Dau Mot city’s Phu Cuong ward has many clusters of beautifully decorated miniatures, including a water-spraying dragon miniature voted as the most beautiful dragon mascot for the 2024 Tet festival by the Laborer Newspaper. These days, the spring atmosphere here is still very bustling, attracting a large number of people to take photos, especially in the evening - when the weather is cooler. Tran Khanh Nam, a worker at VSIP II said he and his family just returned to Binh Duong after 10 days of returning home for Tet with relatives. “Even though returning home to celebrate Tet, I still followed news written about Binh Duong during the past Lunar New Year. I was especially impressed with the Thu Dau Mot dragon mascot on Bach Dang walking street, so I came here to take pictures this afternoon after returning to Binh Duong to work. At the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, taking pictures with my small family next to the golden dragon mascot spraying water, I felt very happy and hoped a lucky and peaceful New Year would come to all of us", Mr. Nam shared.

Nguyen Van Phuong, Director of Thu Dau Mot city’s Center for Culture, Information and Sports said that following activities to serve people during Tet, the center has advised the city on organizing the 2024 Unicorn, Lion and Dragon Dance Festival. The program will take place at 7:30 a.m. on February 21 at Bach Dang walking street. This festival is organized with the participation of nearly 100 troupes, along with many unique and new performances to create a bustling, exciting atmosphere to serve locals and tourists.

Along with that at 6:00 p.m. on February 21, the center will coordinate with provincial Literature and Arts Association to organize the 22^nd Nguyen Tieu poetry night with the theme of “Sound of Binh Duong - Harmony with the country" on the occasion of the 22^nd Vietnamese Poetry Day, the  Nguyen Tieu festival of the Year of the Dragon 2024... at Thu Dau Mot city’s Traditional House. Province-based tourist sites, namely Dai Nam tourist complex in Thu Dau Mot city, Phuong Nam Resort, Xanh Din Ky tourist area in Thuan An city, Coi Xay Gio film studio, Tropical garden (Tokyo farm) in Ben Cat town, Sol Retreat farm in North Tan Uyen district, Thuy Chau tourist area in Di An city... have still been open to serve visitors from Tet until now.

According to Nguyen Thien Di, Director of Thuy Chau Tourist Area, initial statistics showed that this year's number of visitors to Thuy Chau Tourist Area has not increased compared to last year. The tourist area was open during the Tet holiday, from February 11 to 19. After the Tet holiday, the tourist area reopens for normal service on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. In previous years, main customers were workers, but this year the tourist area mainly served family groups. With its spacious and airy space, the tourist area also has a play area for children, so many families choose this place to relax and have fun together. In the first days of the year, immersing in activities such as bathing in waterfalls, swimming pools, camping, kayaking... will bring interesting experience to families.

Reported by Hong Thuan-Translated by Kim Tin